I always find myself smiling when I watch you two! When researching Estonia for a clients travel plans (that got cancelled 😑) I was surprised at how many amazing opportunities there were and added it to my must do list. Watching your vids made me remember all over again, I love the plans to reduce global impact. It’s something we are very passionate about ☺️ another great vlog
Rings Great Adventure thank you, that’s such a lovely thing for you to say and made us smile too 😊 we are both very passionate about looking after our environment so were really pleased to learn of Tartu’s efforts to reduce emissions🌍
@@TideKnotTravellers just last night we free camped here in Aus and I met a French nomad couple at the camp spot who spent the first hour at the spot cleaning rubbish, faith in humanity resorted ☺️ hope you both have a great day!!
Rings Great Adventure that is wonderful to hear things like that😊 sounds like something we would do (we usually collect plastic from beaches) stay safe and have a lovely day too!
We just spent two fantastic days in Tartu and we visited Kampus and got the burgers per your recommendation, they were incredible. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Really fun to watch your unexpected prolonged stay in Estonia. I was born and lived in Tartu my first 20 years. Living in London, UK now for 17 years already. Your travel blog is fun and informative. Keep posting and great adventures to you two. Priit
Thank you so much Priit☺️ Tartu is a little gem, we loved it so much and definitely hope to visit again. We’re so glad you like our country too, although London must have felt so busy in comparison when you first moved there!
Well, it Seems like the list of beautiful & interesting places in Estonia, is endless! Want to visit them all! Loved all the attractive buildings & the ‘frames’ they add, great idea! Places Look so well kept & that cathedral!😲 ‘Resturant paradise’ too! Captured fab sunset as usual! Then National museum & upside down house & lake,Wow! Swing looked fab fun! Kirsty right not to risk it after her fall! Love the bloopers - ‘The Kirstyus’ statue 🤣& almost falling in the fountain 🤣always make us laugh! Great!👍
Good video. Spent a few years living between London and Estonia. Used to often fly from Tallinn to tartu on the old Estonian air. Only 35 mins ,compared to 2hrs30 on bus. I first went to tartu around 2002 .totally modernised since then. Only had around 8 hotels then, only a dozen or so bars with tables and chairs outside. I did prefer it in the old days before they built the shopping centre around 2008. Tartu has a great spirit and is one of the safest city's in the world. I never knew it had a old cathedral till I watched this video. Great memories of a lovely city.
Wow, can imagine without that big shopping centre Tartu would’ve felt very lovely and quaint. We definitely preferred the side after we parked and walked across the river. 😊
I love that they are working to reduce car traffic and improve air quality. I wish more places would do that. The Tartu University has a really high reputation among Universities around the world. Amazing. By the way I really love the music for this video. The horns and percussion has a great vibe. The Tartu Cathedral is lovely. I love the 13th century architecture. I also love the cobblestone streets you are walking along. This is my favorite type of street. I love the way they created the National Estonian Museum. We need reminders of the past even if the past that was painful. It teaches the next generations not to make the same mistakes. It's beautiful. Craig, that swing look like something made for giants. Wow! Safe travels!
Yeh it’s a great future plan they have in place 😊 We love cobbled streets and the fact they turned the airbase into something so positive whilst teaching younger generations of the past. As you say, so important for them to prevent the same from happening again.
13:25 That is the monument to Karl Ernst von Baer, an alumn of and a professor at the Tartu University, the founder of scientific discipline of embryology. As a part of their annual spring reveleries the students ceremonially wash the statue's head with Champagne on the First of May.
It's never too early for wine! Your burgers at lunch looked so delicious...I have never had a salted caramel burger before. I can see the genuine joy in your faces when you talked about lunch. The swing is really cool! Good choice to not try it after the concussion. Hope everything is ok!
Lunch was so good, student places have great lunch spots I guess😅 yeh all good, just slipped and fell down the stairs (from the top🤦🏼♀️) and hit my head on the corner of a wall at the bottom. We took a few days off after being in hospital, but yeh thought a swing might not be best!😬
Ah my home town... As I am living in the UK at the moment, I discovered your videos and they made me really homesick!! Thank you for showing my lovely country in all it's glory. But the questions you had in your video (don't know if someone already commented..). In the city centre, the screen you saw. It's for our annual romantic movie festival TARTUFF. They screen different movies during those days and it's free to attend. And the place where you had your lunch...All together it's called Kampus but it consists of three different restaurants - Kauss (a poke place), Uulits (a burger place) and Peakoka nurk.
Thank you, we’re so pleased you like them! We really want to visit Tartu again and spend a little more time seeing some things we missed, we didn’t realise there were 3 restaurants in one place, makes sense now 😊
There is so much to do in Tartu! Did you say burger with salted caramel?! That is my kind of burger 😆 I really like that the city has some great goals to work toward in the future. The Estonia National Museum building is quite impressive. I enjoyed seeing the drone footage and hearing about the history.
Explorcation yes that burger was so so good! We love the cities plans to reduce car emissions, seeing and hearing things like this as we travel gives us hope for the planet 🌍
Tartu has been destroyed, almost razed to the ground so many times. Yet it has always managed to resurrect itself. I have known many friendships in this city, for which I am forever grateful.
Love the sculpture of kissing students! The sweet potato fries are my favorite, seems like you enjoyed with the burger. Tartu Cathedral is looking magnificent and impressive, great drone shots as always! There are many upside down houses in Turkey too!
Yeh we feel like upside down houses started popping up everywhere the last few years. We have one near us back in England too. Still haven’t been inside one though😄
Since Tartu is a university town it gets a lot busier in September, at least on normal years :) Summer is rather quiet in Tartu since it isn't a very popular tourist destination, at least compared to Tallinn, and most students leave town for Summer. Edit: you mentioned that later in the video :)
I don't agree with you. Tartu was a quiet place in the summer 15 years ago, but not anymore. Tartu is full of events in the summer, I will give some examples. Rally Estonia brings 50,000 people to Tartu and southern Estonia. Last summer, Metallica brought more than 60,000 people here, and the Tartu Hanseatic Days bring thousands of people to the Old Town every July! Tartu Love Film Festival, Emajõe Days and so on, I could continue this list for a long time :)
@@armanduibos3195 think it was just quiet the weekend we visited back in August as that was when a ‘spike’ in Covid cases got reported in Tartu so it went a little quiet but even then it got busier due to the festival in the square😊
Tartu looks incredible and the way you captured your experience, we felt we were with you every step of the way. Those burgers looked sooooo good and we could see how you were both so excited to get tucked in, so glad they lived up to your expectations. Its fantastic to hear what they are hoping to achieve by 2024, as it would be great if more countries and cities were trying to achieve the same. It looked like Craig had a blast on the swing and the smile said it all. Keep safe guys and enjoy every moment. ONE LOVE
Such a charming city, but seems to have plenty of modern shops. Those fries looked perfect! The cathedral looks stunning and so historic. Looks like a great city to explore by foot. That sunset you caught was lovely and I thought it was too funny that Craig was embracing his inner child on the swing.
Such a great video ❤️. Absolutely loved your narrative you guys have an excellent voice which makes this Vlog extra fun😀. Keep it up guys, well done👍🏻.
You guys always do such a good job sharing history and information about the places you visit and stop by :) love the national museum it looks so long and sleek. Great drone shots. Also, we love biking and could easily get behind the idea or reducing traffic and air pollution. Seems like they set up more realistic expectations with the timeframe for success. Cool cathedral and center of town too
Tartu got city rights in the middle of 13th century, but it was totally destroyed after Russia conquered it from Sweden in the Great Northern War, in 1704. According to the treaty Russia had with their ally, Poland, these areas were meant to go to Poland after the war. As Russia always had interesting relations with their allies, they were blowing up every building in the city, and all the remaining citizens of Tartu were deported to Russia. Later, as Sweden managed to knock Poland out from the war, Russia succeeded to keep the territory, but they introduced a ban to build any stone houses except in the new capital, St. Petersburg, and so, Tartu was rebuilt as a wooden town, and most of the town burnt in 1775. As the result, very few buildings are older than that, and from the medieval times, only the churches, and some fragments of city walls remained.
The best restaurant in town is Balkan. Truly lovely food all cooked fresh. Highly recommend. Good service and friendly staff. Thank you Balkan friends! 👌❤🍀💯
Tartu has also two wery distinct boroughs with very distinct identities: Karlova to the East may look a lot like Kalamaja in Tallinn but it is far grander with its Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalist wooden and stone buildings. Supilinn in the West side is something entirely different. Until the end of the 1990s it was considered to be the working class slum of Tartu. With the street names like Potato Street, Pea Street, Melon Street and Bean Street it really makes up the Soup City as its Estonian name suggest. Now, however, it is becoming more and more gentrified.
Tartu looks awesome! The burger looks amazing, I love sweet potato fries 😊 epic drone shots! Also love the swing 😁 A spike in Covid cases...but only 6 new cases 🙈 we still have over a thousand cases every day ☹️ nice that the city was so quiet though!
The food and swing were definitely highlights for Craig😅 when we hear there’s a spike in cases in Estonia we tend to know that the word ‘spike’ is all relevant to the number of people, smaller population = smaller number infected so a ‘spike’ is not so scary especially as everyone gives you space here compared with other places around the world.
Nice video you two! We love hearing that they are trying to improve air quality and general global impact ☺️ that makes me happy. The yellow frame for pics was cute and your lunch looked great! I’ve never heard of a salted Carmel burger - would love to try that 😍
I Liked your video so much you are really nice couple your way of showing the information and the places is awesome and filled with energy and love , the montage is professional as well in 2019 I lived in Tartu for one semester as an exchange student it was very calm and safe city in 2024 Tartu will be the European city of culture, Insha'Allah thank you so much for your video , I will subscribe now with all love in future visit my country Jordan you are more than welcomed , you got a lot of places and activities to do here , God bless you
Thank you ☺️ it is a lovely city. You’re very lucky to spend a whole semester there! We would love to visit Jordan it is high on our list of countries to visit (when we can) 🤞🏼
We went inside a few days later to enjoy the history without focusing on videoing and carrying all our equipment around a museum is exhausting especially as we’d already filmed it here☺️
@@TideKnotTravellers I see. I hope you liked it there. My personal favourite is the portion called the Uralic Echoes. It's about Finno-Ugric indigenous peoples.
Rainer Vilumaa we absolutely loved it, we did a tiny bit of filming but only with our phones so it only made it to Instagram (footage quality isn’t quite good enough for the final video cut😉) we switched off and enjoyed our day there.
I have lived in Bournemouth for 3 years, but I’m Estonian. I love to see you two in my hometown and how much you loved it. So cool video and so well done! All the best for you two! 🙏❤️
19:50 A swing like that is known as a "village swing". Every major village or settlement had one. Young people from around the rural area met there, so-called swing songs were sung and the first romantic liaisons formed.
Well, you went over the Angel's Bridge but it seems you missed the opposite one- Devil's Bridge, didn't you?Might be becouse you thought that it was too early for wine?😉🍷
I have fallen in love with you guys! You two are Super cute. I couldn't stop smiling when I was watching your video. Right now also I am in the middle of watching your vlog, but couldn't wait to write to you, hence, I have paused the video to comment. The smile is still there!! Keep vlogging!
Brad Grassforest yes we extended our stay in Tartu and spent hours inside the museum, the history of the building and the museum itself was fascinating!
Uni Tartu is my alma mater :) As a proud Tallinner myself, I never understood the "beef" between Tallinn and Tartu (one being full of posh pr*cks and another on being a countryside village haha). I spent some of my best years while studying in Tartu and that's why I really appreciate the video. Best of luck in Greece guys :) !
We didn’t realise there was ‘beef’ between the two cities, but it makes sense, happens everywhere with people having links and preferences to their city. We’re glad to have brought back some memories for you, Tartu must’ve been a great place to be a student🙂
We went to a few vegan/veggie vendors inside the Balti Jaam and also a vegan street food van in Telliskivi. My favourite vegan food place in Tallinn was Vegan Inspiratioon in the Old Town on Lai street. Did see another place too but didn’t manage to get there, yet! 🙂
Oh wow, that’s a big question. There is a huge difference between each and each has such an intricate/heartbreaking history. Russia is an intriguing place and we loved getting to know some locals there, the people are lovely but the country’s history/politics is well... not so lovely! Lithuania was such a sweet little country and although there is less money there, the architecture and pride in their country really shows, same for Latvia and the nature in all the Baltic states amazed us. Estonia feels like a real mix between a Baltic state and a Scandinavian country which makes it a very unique place, it’s part of it’s charm mixed with it’s own fascinating history and medieval old town. That’s the shortest version answer😅
Thank you, we are always tweaking the volume in our videos (this one is an earlier video) may I ask which device you watched it on as it can sometimes sound ok on say a smartphone but not on a TV.
Burgers? is there no Estonian food available that you could share as evidence of Estonian food culture? Sad. I think its a generational thing! I will be travelling to Estonia soon and I wont be eating McDonalds, drinking Starbucks or eating Dunkin Donuts. Eating local cuisine to experience the local culture is a part of "being" there and "experiencing" why I travel.
I understand where you’re coming from but after 6 months in Estonia we have tried plenty, however it is difficult as most Estonian dishes are meat based and one of us is vegetarian so to find a place that offers vegetarian food is great! You’re right you won’t be eating or drinking at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts anywhere in Estonia because they aren’t there. There is a McDonald’s in Tallinn but we never went there because there was no vegetarian option there and Tallinn is full of great food spots too, enjoy! Head to Telliskivi for some great local cuisine, we have a video showing all the lovely street food there.
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I always find myself smiling when I watch you two! When researching Estonia for a clients travel plans (that got cancelled 😑) I was surprised at how many amazing opportunities there were and added it to my must do list. Watching your vids made me remember all over again, I love the plans to reduce global impact. It’s something we are very passionate about ☺️ another great vlog
Rings Great Adventure thank you, that’s such a lovely thing for you to say and made us smile too 😊 we are both very passionate about looking after our environment so were really pleased to learn of Tartu’s efforts to reduce emissions🌍
@@TideKnotTravellers just last night we free camped here in Aus and I met a French nomad couple at the camp spot who spent the first hour at the spot cleaning rubbish, faith in humanity resorted ☺️ hope you both have a great day!!
Rings Great Adventure that is wonderful to hear things like that😊 sounds like something we would do (we usually collect plastic from beaches) stay safe and have a lovely day too!
Always nice to watch these vlogs where the creators do their research and put in effort to respect the local culture and language :)
Thank you, we try our best, it’s not always easy to do on camera but we are lucky enough to have really immersed ourselves into Estonian culture!😍🇪🇪
Thank you guys for giving us such rich experience of Tartu!
Thanks so much for watching you lovely people!😊
If you liked the video please give it a thumbs up 👍🏼
Tartu is a very cosy town, impressive cathedral, mind blowing national museum and it's a student place so it's never too early for wine! 🍷😁
Tadas C yes, guess that’s true 🍷
We just spent two fantastic days in Tartu and we visited Kampus and got the burgers per your recommendation, they were incredible. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Oh that is so great ☺ We're so glad you enjoyed Tartu and your Kampus burgers!
Craig's Estonian pronounciation gets better and better each time 😆
Well done, mate! 👍
Al Ex 😁 thanks!
Really fun to watch your unexpected prolonged stay in Estonia. I was born and lived in Tartu my first 20 years. Living in London, UK now for 17 years already.
Your travel blog is fun and informative.
Keep posting and great adventures to you two.
Priit
Thank you so much Priit☺️ Tartu is a little gem, we loved it so much and definitely hope to visit again. We’re so glad you like our country too, although London must have felt so busy in comparison when you first moved there!
You two are fun to watch! You make Estonia a 'must see'!
Thank you ☺️ we definitely think it’s a must see!
Well, it Seems like the list of beautiful & interesting places in Estonia, is endless! Want to visit them all! Loved all the attractive buildings & the ‘frames’ they add, great idea! Places Look so well kept & that cathedral!😲
‘Resturant paradise’ too! Captured fab sunset as usual! Then National museum & upside down house & lake,Wow! Swing looked fab fun! Kirsty right not to risk it after her fall! Love the bloopers - ‘The Kirstyus’ statue 🤣& almost falling in the fountain 🤣always make us laugh! Great!👍
Linda Evans another great thing about Estonia being small is that Tartu is just a 2 hour train ride away from Tallinn so easy to get to😊
Good video. Spent a few years living between London and Estonia. Used to often fly from Tallinn to tartu on the old Estonian air. Only 35 mins ,compared to 2hrs30 on bus. I first went to tartu around 2002 .totally modernised since then. Only had around 8 hotels then, only a dozen or so bars with tables and chairs outside. I did prefer it in the old days before they built the shopping centre around 2008. Tartu has a great spirit and is one of the safest city's in the world. I never knew it had a old cathedral till I watched this video. Great memories of a lovely city.
Wow, can imagine without that big shopping centre Tartu would’ve felt very lovely and quaint. We definitely preferred the side after we parked and walked across the river. 😊
I love that they are working to reduce car traffic and improve air quality. I wish more places would do that. The Tartu University has a really high reputation among Universities around the world. Amazing. By the way I really love the music for this video. The horns and percussion has a great vibe. The Tartu Cathedral is lovely. I love the 13th century architecture. I also love the cobblestone streets you are walking along. This is my favorite type of street. I love the way they created the National Estonian Museum. We need reminders of the past even if the past that was painful. It teaches the next generations not to make the same mistakes. It's beautiful. Craig, that swing look like something made for giants. Wow! Safe travels!
Yeh it’s a great future plan they have in place 😊 We love cobbled streets and the fact they turned the airbase into something so positive whilst teaching younger generations of the past. As you say, so important for them to prevent the same from happening again.
My grandfather graduated there!
I love Estonia so much!
Snap! 💙🖤🤍
13:25 That is the monument to Karl Ernst von Baer, an alumn of and a professor at the Tartu University, the founder of scientific discipline of embryology. As a part of their annual spring reveleries the students ceremonially wash the statue's head with Champagne on the First of May.
They must be wealthy students if they can afford to do that with champagne! 😄
@@TideKnotTravellers Maybe they save their money for the occasion or use some cheapo fizzy wine :)
Always love to hear about Tartu. Packed with students, University town, Kissing Students Fountains and quiet countryside :) Uni Tartu is a gem.
It’s a great little city and university😊
It's never too early for wine! Your burgers at lunch looked so delicious...I have never had a salted caramel burger before. I can see the genuine joy in your faces when you talked about lunch. The swing is really cool! Good choice to not try it after the concussion. Hope everything is ok!
Lunch was so good, student places have great lunch spots I guess😅 yeh all good, just slipped and fell down the stairs (from the top🤦🏼♀️) and hit my head on the corner of a wall at the bottom. We took a few days off after being in hospital, but yeh thought a swing might not be best!😬
Helo sweet friend April
.. got married in that town. Has been a second home. GREAT to be able to see it during these restricted times. thank you!
That’s so lovely to hear and we’re glad to be able to share it😊
Beautiful city , great share 🙏🏻👍🏻 155 and so pretty couple , have a happy day , best wishes from Paris 🌹
Thank you 😊
Awww, Tartu is where my family live and I haven't been able to visit them for almost a year now, thank you for this video, it was so lovely to see.
We’re glad to be able to share it with you😊 hope you get to visit them again soon! 🤞🏼
Soooo beautiful. Love the way you create the video. 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Fantastic video my friend enjoyed😊👍. Thanks for Sharing.. Waiting for your next video. Have a good day.. Greetings. Stay connected👍
Thanks for watching ☺️
Great video , I'll be studying at the university of tartu from August 2021 and this was super exciting and helpful.
Thank you 😊 enjoy Tartu what an amazing place to be able to study!
This city looks so lovely! Absolutely loved the facades of the buildings, and the cathedral looked so nice too !
It really is!
Beautiful footage, comfortable music, great editing💕 Thank you for sharing beautiful video☺️ a big thumb up from me💕
4K Canada Walker カナダ街歩き4K thank you 😊
Thanks my friend for taking me in this wonderful tour around Tartu city. So beautiful place to visit. Have you ever been to Vietnam?
We haven’t yet been to Vietnam but it’s on our list and was part of our pre Covid19 plan. We hope to get there soon! Hope you’re keeping well there😊
⏹ Super interesting experience! Great views! Thank you for these information guys! Have a nice weekend! Greetings! 👌😎
Thank you for watching have a lovely weekend too!
Ah my home town... As I am living in the UK at the moment, I discovered your videos and they made me really homesick!! Thank you for showing my lovely country in all it's glory.
But the questions you had in your video (don't know if someone already commented..). In the city centre, the screen you saw. It's for our annual romantic movie festival TARTUFF. They screen different movies during those days and it's free to attend.
And the place where you had your lunch...All together it's called Kampus but it consists of three different restaurants - Kauss (a poke place), Uulits (a burger place) and Peakoka nurk.
Thank you, we’re so pleased you like them! We really want to visit Tartu again and spend a little more time seeing some things we missed, we didn’t realise there were 3 restaurants in one place, makes sense now 😊
I love Tartu too! It is where my mom grew up, but I live in California, so it is a LONG flight.
Pure joy to watch my friend! This is what I am striving for in my videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
There is so much to do in Tartu! Did you say burger with salted caramel?! That is my kind of burger 😆
I really like that the city has some great goals to work toward in the future.
The Estonia National Museum building is quite impressive. I enjoyed seeing the drone footage and hearing about the history.
Explorcation yes that burger was so so good! We love the cities plans to reduce car emissions, seeing and hearing things like this as we travel gives us hope for the planet 🌍
Another well thought out and presented video with great drone footage
Thank you! 😃
Tartu has been destroyed, almost razed to the ground so many times. Yet it has always managed to resurrect itself. I have known many friendships in this city, for which I am forever grateful.
Seems so many cities have suffered a similar fate, Tartu gives hope that they can be great again 😊
Love the sculpture of kissing students! The sweet potato fries are my favorite, seems like you enjoyed with the burger. Tartu Cathedral is looking magnificent and impressive, great drone shots as always! There are many upside down houses in Turkey too!
Yeh we feel like upside down houses started popping up everywhere the last few years. We have one near us back in England too. Still haven’t been inside one though😄
Since Tartu is a university town it gets a lot busier in September, at least on normal years :) Summer is rather quiet in Tartu since it isn't a very popular tourist destination, at least compared to Tallinn, and most students leave town for Summer.
Edit: you mentioned that later in the video :)
Rebasepoiss ☺️ we really enjoyed things being so quiet but yes can imagine that come September the student bustle would also be fun!
I don't agree with you. Tartu was a quiet place in the summer 15 years ago, but not anymore. Tartu is full of events in the summer, I will give some examples. Rally Estonia brings 50,000 people to Tartu and southern Estonia. Last summer, Metallica brought more than 60,000 people here, and the Tartu Hanseatic Days bring thousands of people to the Old Town every July! Tartu Love Film Festival, Emajõe Days and so on, I could continue this list for a long time :)
@@armanduibos3195 think it was just quiet the weekend we visited back in August as that was when a ‘spike’ in Covid cases got reported in Tartu so it went a little quiet but even then it got busier due to the festival in the square😊
Tartu looks incredible and the way you captured your experience, we felt we were with you every step of the way. Those burgers looked sooooo good and we could see how you were both so excited to get tucked in, so glad they lived up to your expectations. Its fantastic to hear what they are hoping to achieve by 2024, as it would be great if more countries and cities were trying to achieve the same. It looked like Craig had a blast on the swing and the smile said it all. Keep safe guys and enjoy every moment. ONE LOVE
We love their sustainable forward thinking attitude, the world needs it🙂
Such a charming city, but seems to have plenty of modern shops. Those fries looked perfect! The cathedral looks stunning and so historic. Looks like a great city to explore by foot. That sunset you caught was lovely and I thought it was too funny that Craig was embracing his inner child on the swing.
He’s been waiting for months to give an Estonian swing a go!
Such a great video ❤️.
Absolutely loved your narrative you guys have an excellent voice which makes this Vlog extra fun😀. Keep it up guys, well done👍🏻.
Thank you so much ☺️
@@TideKnotTravellers You're most welcome 😀
You guys always do such a good job sharing history and information about the places you visit and stop by :) love the national museum it looks so long and sleek. Great drone shots. Also, we love biking and could easily get behind the idea or reducing traffic and air pollution. Seems like they set up more realistic expectations with the timeframe for success. Cool cathedral and center of town too
Thank you, we love sharing a bit of info about the places we visit☺️
Tartu got city rights in the middle of 13th century, but it was totally destroyed after Russia conquered it from Sweden in the Great Northern War, in 1704. According to the treaty Russia had with their ally, Poland, these areas were meant to go to Poland after the war. As Russia always had interesting relations with their allies, they were blowing up every building in the city, and all the remaining citizens of Tartu were deported to Russia. Later, as Sweden managed to knock Poland out from the war, Russia succeeded to keep the territory, but they introduced a ban to build any stone houses except in the new capital, St. Petersburg, and so, Tartu was rebuilt as a wooden town, and most of the town burnt in 1775. As the result, very few buildings are older than that, and from the medieval times, only the churches, and some fragments of city walls remained.
The best restaurant in town is Balkan. Truly lovely food all cooked fresh. Highly recommend. Good service and friendly staff. Thank you Balkan friends! 👌❤🍀💯
We really hope to visit again in winter so will add the restaurant to our list of places to visit ☺️
The museum is pretty awesome great architectural planning
Isn’t it so clever to re use something with such a painful history and repurpose it for something good! 🙂
Tartu has also two wery distinct boroughs with very distinct identities: Karlova to the East may look a lot like Kalamaja in Tallinn but it is far grander with its Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalist wooden and stone buildings. Supilinn in the West side is something entirely different. Until the end of the 1990s it was considered to be the working class slum of Tartu. With the street names like Potato Street, Pea Street, Melon Street and Bean Street it really makes up the Soup City as its Estonian name suggest. Now, however, it is becoming more and more gentrified.
Tartu looks awesome! The burger looks amazing, I love sweet potato fries 😊 epic drone shots! Also love the swing 😁
A spike in Covid cases...but only 6 new cases 🙈 we still have over a thousand cases every day ☹️ nice that the city was so quiet though!
The food and swing were definitely highlights for Craig😅 when we hear there’s a spike in cases in Estonia we tend to know that the word ‘spike’ is all relevant to the number of people, smaller population = smaller number infected so a ‘spike’ is not so scary especially as everyone gives you space here compared with other places around the world.
I studied in Tartu for 1 whole year and I am here because I am missing it now ^^ Thanks for your lovely video and I love you guys' energy ^^
Thank you 😊 It must be such a great place to study, we were imagining what it would be like as a student in Tartu!
Used to live there for 7 to 8 years... love it. Thank you for the video!
Thank you for watching😊 7-8 years is a long time, did you study at the university there also?
@@TideKnotTravellers I did :) to become a teacher.
ShanobyKin wow! That’s really awesome 😊
Nice video you two! We love hearing that they are trying to improve air quality and general global impact ☺️ that makes me happy. The yellow frame for pics was cute and your lunch looked great! I’ve never heard of a salted Carmel burger - would love to try that 😍
Salted caramel was a new one to us too! 😋
Always love watching your videos....very nice!
Thank you ☺️
I Liked your video so much you are really nice couple
your way of showing the information and the places is awesome and filled with energy and love
, the montage is professional as well
in 2019 I lived in Tartu for one semester as an exchange student it was very calm and safe city
in 2024 Tartu will be the European city of culture, Insha'Allah
thank you so much for your video , I will subscribe now with all love
in future visit my country Jordan you are more than welcomed , you got a lot of places and activities to do here ,
God bless you
Thank you ☺️ it is a lovely city. You’re very lucky to spend a whole semester there! We would love to visit Jordan it is high on our list of countries to visit (when we can) 🤞🏼
OMG such a breathtaking view. Loved your editing & videography ❤️
Thanks for watching
Such a shame you didn't visit the National Museum, it would have been a magnificent experience.
Rainer Vilumaa we did, we spent hours there😊
@@TideKnotTravellers You mean inside? Then why was there no mention of it?
We went inside a few days later to enjoy the history without focusing on videoing and carrying all our equipment around a museum is exhausting especially as we’d already filmed it here☺️
@@TideKnotTravellers I see. I hope you liked it there. My personal favourite is the portion called the Uralic Echoes. It's about Finno-Ugric indigenous peoples.
Rainer Vilumaa we absolutely loved it, we did a tiny bit of filming but only with our phones so it only made it to Instagram (footage quality isn’t quite good enough for the final video cut😉) we switched off and enjoyed our day there.
I have lived in Bournemouth for 3 years, but I’m Estonian. I love to see you two in my hometown and how much you loved it. So cool video and so well done! All the best for you two! 🙏❤️
Thank you so much! We loved Tartu😊 Bournemouth is a lovely place too!
I have lived in Eastbourne Sussex for three weeks. ☺
19:50 A swing like that is known as a "village swing". Every major village or settlement had one. Young people from around the rural area met there, so-called swing songs were sung and the first romantic liaisons formed.
They sound as romantic and fun as they look 😊
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I like what you do!!
Thank you 😊
I am from Tartu and very proud of the fact 🙂
It is a really cool city, we really want to visit in the winter to see the square covered in ice!
Well, you went over the Angel's Bridge but it seems you missed the opposite one- Devil's Bridge, didn't you?Might be becouse you thought that it was too early for wine?😉🍷
Yes, only made it over the angels bridge, next time we’ll have to drink wine and head over the devils bridge too!😄🍷😈
I have fallen in love with you guys! You two are Super cute. I couldn't stop smiling when I was watching your video. Right now also I am in the middle of watching your vlog, but couldn't wait to write to you, hence, I have paused the video to comment. The smile is still there!! Keep vlogging!
Thank you so much! 😊 it’s lovely to know our adventures make people smile! Thank you for watching☺️
Did you visit the museum ? It's amazing inside and I hate museums usually
Brad Grassforest yes we extended our stay in Tartu and spent hours inside the museum, the history of the building and the museum itself was fascinating!
Fantastic :) but I want to see more food there heheh please share more videos
Thank you☺ we have lots more videos to come!
@@TideKnotTravellers me waiting :) thank you :)
This is only the second of your videos I’ve watched, but I really appreciate your great videography. Beautiful work. I’m a new fan. Thanks
Thanks for watching! 😊
hello i live in estonia go to the AHHAA center and back to the house in Tartu
These places are very intense
Uni Tartu is my alma mater :) As a proud Tallinner myself, I never understood the "beef" between Tallinn and Tartu (one being full of posh pr*cks and another on being a countryside village haha). I spent some of my best years while studying in Tartu and that's why I really appreciate the video. Best of luck in Greece guys :) !
We didn’t realise there was ‘beef’ between the two cities, but it makes sense, happens everywhere with people having links and preferences to their city. We’re glad to have brought back some memories for you, Tartu must’ve been a great place to be a student🙂
7:50 Are you guys sure you didn't have any wine? It must be 6 o'clock somewhere.
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The National Geographic frames are mostly in Southeastern Estonia.
You’re right, in fact they all are, all 21 of them☺️
I CANT FIND YOU....WHERE ARE YOU NOW 2023.
We filmed this video (Tartu) in 2020. You can follow where we are more closely on Instagram as we update it faster than we can edit content for YT 😊
Kirsty, have you been to the Vegan restaurant in Tallinn? I think you might have liked it.
We went to a few vegan/veggie vendors inside the Balti Jaam and also a vegan street food van in Telliskivi. My favourite vegan food place in Tallinn was Vegan Inspiratioon in the Old Town on Lai street. Did see another place too but didn’t manage to get there, yet! 🙂
@@TideKnotTravellers there's also a nice little place called V on Rataskaevu, 12 (that's in the Old Town as well).
www.veganrestoran.ee/
Al Ex will have to head there next time!😋
I hope behaved well that's my home city.
We had a lovely time visiting your home city ☺️
Such a nice couple. Are you guys British?
Thank you, yes we are British.
Somehow I think you really mean "Tied Knot Travellers".
It is ‘Tide’ because we love the sea and tied the knot on the beach ☺️
What's the difference between Estonia and its neihgbours Latvia, Lithuania and Russia? What do you feel about it?
Oh wow, that’s a big question. There is a huge difference between each and each has such an intricate/heartbreaking history. Russia is an intriguing place and we loved getting to know some locals there, the people are lovely but the country’s history/politics is well... not so lovely! Lithuania was such a sweet little country and although there is less money there, the architecture and pride in their country really shows, same for Latvia and the nature in all the Baltic states amazed us. Estonia feels like a real mix between a Baltic state and a Scandinavian country which makes it a very unique place, it’s part of it’s charm mixed with it’s own fascinating history and medieval old town. That’s the shortest version answer😅
Where are the people?
hello 👋
Hi! 👋🏼
@@TideKnotTravellers 😍😍😍🙅
Hi I'm Estonia work parmit konfam I'm finger konfam I'm go to tallin
Annoying music inbetween, louder than other ambience/speech. Other than that good video!
Thank you, we are always tweaking the volume in our videos (this one is an earlier video) may I ask which device you watched it on as it can sometimes sound ok on say a smartphone but not on a TV.
Burgers? is there no Estonian food available that you could share as evidence of Estonian food culture? Sad. I think its a generational thing! I will be travelling to Estonia soon and I wont be eating McDonalds, drinking Starbucks or eating Dunkin Donuts. Eating local cuisine to experience the local culture is a part of "being" there and "experiencing" why I travel.
I understand where you’re coming from but after 6 months in Estonia we have tried plenty, however it is difficult as most Estonian dishes are meat based and one of us is vegetarian so to find a place that offers vegetarian food is great! You’re right you won’t be eating or drinking at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts anywhere in Estonia because they aren’t there. There is a McDonald’s in Tallinn but we never went there because there was no vegetarian option there and Tallinn is full of great food spots too, enjoy! Head to Telliskivi for some great local cuisine, we have a video showing all the lovely street food there.